Tuesday, 26 June 2012

Technology Reforming the Work Place







 The word information has many different names all together in every day usage recently work place is changing frequently as a result of change in technology. Today’s offices are equipped with innovative software, superfast computer, networks and software to communicate or allow the workers to share information .Communication is the process of exchanging knowledge ,ideas , information and knowledge.  It can be in large scale or in small scale to deliver information.

Broad Band- It refer to kind of technology that helps to connect the high speed internet, Broad band allows people to browse, streaming online to video with the same speed which is similar to watching television. It can transfer data up to 50 times better than the via dial up modem .Broad Band offered variety of platform include DSL (Digital subscriber line) cable, satellite and wireless.

Web Server- It is the computer server, which contains the file of the website and allows people to access the internet. Normally server is connected to the internet with webmaster wanting their website online.  Recently most web server are connected to the other computer with the fibre cable to share the satellite link make the system fast and secure .The most common Server is Apache which is created by Microsoft which is also used by networks to share the information.

Web Camera- The device Web Cam or Web Camera helps to access the picture real time with the help of www (world wide web) like video conferencing and instant massaging. Normally video camera deliver the image to the web server and same time or by the fraction of few minutes it can be access to other person to whom  you want to deliver, usually web camera used in class rooms studio and many other places. However with the help of Web Cam they can hear, see the person in the real time 

Online Communication and Collaboration


Online communication and collaboration presents a very timely set of articles that cover a range of different perspectives upon these themes, both classic and contemporary. It is unusually broad in the range of technologies it considers - many books on these topics cover only a few forms of collaboration technology - and in considering well-established technologies as well as recent ones. It blends academic and popular articles to combine scholarly rigour with readability.
The book is divided into eight sections, covering the foundations of online communication and collaboration, together with current collaboration technologies such as wikis, instant messaging, virtual worlds and social network sites. These modern communication tools are considered in terms of their interactions but also looking back at lessons to be learnt from their technological 'ancestors'. The book also contains an extended case study of online collaboration, taking open-source software as its example.
Online communication and collaboration will be of relevance in a wide range of higher education courses in fields related to soft computing, information systems, cultural and media studies, and communications theory.

Introduction to Communication and Collaborative Technologies.


         New electronic technology are dramatically changes the way of communication in the work place.As we know that communication is a two way process where massage is transfer from sender to receiver,a digital technology addresses people around the world, whether through web cam or a video conferencing. businesses spend million of dollars to make the strong communication system. However Communication collaborative technology is an important tool  which enables people to work together in all geographic location, it is the powerful tool which enables million of users to connect or work around the globe.